Press Releases

North Carolina State Parks and the NC Museum of Natural Sciences, two divisions of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, will be hosting this year’s N.C. Bat Working Group "Bat Blitz" to conduct a species inventory in five southeastern North Carolina counties Aug. 24-28.

Today Governor Josh Stein announced that he will present the state’s highest civilian honor, the North Carolina Award, to six distinguished North Carolinians on Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Lenovo Center in Raleigh. The 2026 honorees are Jason Mott for Literature; Richard Petty, Lt. Gen.

North Carolina State Parks, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, will be co-hosting a ribbon-cutting event to celebrate the grand opening of Lumber River State Park's Wire Pasture access.

Experience North Carolina farming culture and history at Duke Homestead’s annual Brightleaf Harvest Day on Saturday, Aug. 22, from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Join the Charlotte Hawkins Brown Museum (CHB), Planted Soul Life, and the North Carolina Cooperative Extension for “Palmer Presents: Let’s Grow Together,” a fall gardening workshop. This free event will take place at the CHB picnic shelter on Saturday, Aug. 29, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m.

Department of Natural and Cultural Resources Secretary Pam Brewington Cashwell today joined business leaders, local elected officials and tribal leaders in Robeson County for the 11th and final visit in a series of Rural Listening Sessions held across the state this year.

A recently awarded grant will support a holiday program series that has become its own tradition.

A man who was among the first African Americans to practice law in North Carolina soon will be recognized with a North Carolina Highway Historical Marker. The N.C. Historical Marker Program is part of the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

The North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources (DNCR) announced today that North Carolina Museum of Art Director and North Carolina Museum of Art Foundation, Inc., CEO Dr.